Claudia De Martino 14 February 2020
Far from any grand debate about the “Deal of the Century”, the preferences of a few key minority groups will most likely tilt the balance of Israel’s third consecutive general election. Here’s why.
PublicationsSociology
This volume gathers the articles presented at the Reset DOC Venice Seminars 2017, which took place at the Istanbul Bilgi University from May 24 to May 28, 2016.
The 2016 Istanbul Seminars addressed the topic of “Religion, Rights and the Public Sphere”.
Videos Sociology
Anna Colin Lebedev 23 February 2024
How can a war between two communities start without those two communities being involved in a conflict that preexists the war? And how is it that these communities eventually make sense of the conflict as something that is deeply socially rooted? Anna Colin Lebedev, Professor of Sociology at the Université Paris Nanterre, gives her assessment of the social roots of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
ConveningSociology
29
April
2025
Georgetown University
Washington D.C.
This panel gathers scholars to explore how Jewish thought, identity, and practice respond to pluralism in today’s globalized world, addressing challenges like relativism, atheism, and diverse norms. Panelists will discuss Judaism’s role in cultural and religious diversity, reflecting on its contributions and transformations. Through theology, philosophy, politics, and sociology, this conversation invites the public to ponder Jewish pluralism in our interconnected yet fractured world.
30
January
2025
Rome, Italy
This international conference will address the critical challenges facing liberal democracies. It will explore their failure to respond effectively to the anxieties and needs of citizens grappling with globalization, precarious employment, demographic changes, and social dislocation. These issues, amplified by populist rhetoric and the perceived indifference of liberal elites, have led to growing polarization, weakened societal cohesion, and ideological stagnation in politics.
25
May
2020
Venice (Italy)
Reset Dialogues on Civilizations in collaboration with the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice is organizing an ONLINE five days summer school and a two days conference addressing issues concerning global intellectual history and study how modern nation-states have engaged with issues of difference and integration, including the themes of subnational identities and linguistic, ethnic and religious minorities in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.